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Mr. Clayton added that the SEC has worked to enhance its cybersecurity defenses in the wake of the hack, turning to other government agencies and outside consultants to “bolster our cybersecurity defenses and reduce our cyber risk profile.” The fallout from the hack has changed the SEC’s approach to cybersecurity both for the SEC itself […]
This action illustrates that the SEC faces many of the same cybersecurity threats that confront exchange-listed companies, other SEC-registered entities and market participants of all types. These threats to our marketplace are significant and ongoing and often involve threats from actors outside our borders. No system can be entirely safe from a cyber intrusion. Here at the SEC, […]
The government is on hiatus. Enemies of the United States are not. Why it matters: During the government shutdown, essential personnel are exempt from the furlough — so in theory, anyone preventing cybersecurity calamities is still showing up for work. But experts believe the loss of support staff makes the cybersecurity effects of a shutdown […]
With the prospect of better pay and greater job security in the private sector, more government cyber operators are likely to decamp to industry, those former officials tell me, and the smartest cybersecurity graduates will look to industry rather than government to hone their skills. That’s especially dangerous, they say, considering the government’s struggle to recruit and […]
Get caught up with the Cybersecurity Docket News Wire for January 14, 2019.